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Topic: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

My power supply is showing some wear and im wanting to replace it before it actually quits working.  What is and easy ( little to no futzing with) replacement power supply.  I have seen where some people put a 360w power supply on them but dont know enough about it to know if its a PITA or if its pretty much a plug and play.  I saw were SD has the 150W power supply's for like $50 but if i can spend that same (or less....or more) on something that will work better i have no problem with that.  I just dont want to get into a whole lot of trouble because i just want it to work and be an easy replacement.  I did a little searching but nothing that was really an answer to my questions.  Thanks in advance guys.

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

I ordered this one   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D7C … &psc=1  paid 40.00 shipped.

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

satman49 wrote:

I ordered this one   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D7C … &psc=1  paid 40.00 shipped.

what did you need to do to get it hooked in?

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

LOL I will not get until later today. It looks like all you have to do is add  a line cord with proper size corrector. What board do you have?

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

Stock SD3 board

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

Is it the newer printboard?

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

couldnt tell you off the top of my head...I got it about 8 months ago

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

ok does your current PS  plug in to the board or has green block to connect the wires?

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plugs into the board via a laptop looking plug

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

and thats all fine...my problem is the power brick its self is cracked and coming apart

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

Here are some notes about upgrading the power supply:
http://www.soliwiki.com/Upgrade_The_Power_Supply

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

I asked on SD google groups , SD tech responded with: 

We can not disclose the specifications of our hardware. Our power supply's can be purchased here.
Umm I have already spent half the price of  a new printer on spare parts and they won't even  answer a simple question.I'll be darn if I am going to buy Their PS just to get power plug.

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Which is odd since the specs of the thing are written on the power supply..  12V at *too lazy to get up and look at the sticker* amps.

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

I was asking about the physical dimensions of the dc jack and power plug.

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

Oh, sorry. This is why I shouldn't be on here when not sleeping.  Lemme measure them to the best of my ability.

The barrel is 5.5mm OD, 2.5mm ID and 12.5mm in length. I wonder if thats a standard..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2Pcs-5-5mm-2-0- … 5d438c8516

this should work

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

satman49 wrote:

I ordered this one   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D7C … &psc=1  paid 40.00 shipped.

Just noting it has a fairly loud fan. With E3D doesn't matter (about the same loudness), but I also use it to power a RasPi and when printer is off and the PSU fan never turns off completely (even at 0.5A draw), so I ended up changing to the 20A version which is fanless.

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Re: Power Supply Replacement/Upgrade Questions

Thanks ITman496,  just ordered that one.

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No problem.